A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself.

The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.

Word - that invisible dagger.

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes.

If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood by it.